To rip up SATS results without looking at them

School have said that DD might not pass her SATS as she is below the expected level. She’s not that confident anyway & I don’t think knowing that she had ‘failed’ them would help her.Aibu to not even look at the results - to rip them up without looking at them so none of us know them. I kind of feel like I want to protect her & build up her confidence in other ways. Apparently secondary school re test anyway so do i need to know them?

You don't need to know them. School will pass them on to secondary school though. They will do their own testing as well, SATs are not the most useful indicator of what a child can do. You could pull her out of school that week. Not necessarily advising it. But it's an option.

your childs target gcse grades are generated from her ks2 sats. she will made awre of her targets at secondary. im a secondary maths teacher, i think you need to be very aware of her gaps its likely she will need intervention to support her in ks3 if she is exceptionally weak

what do you mean by wont pass? sats scores are a number from 80 to 120.

Your DD will have spent a lot of time working for her results, even if she ‘fails’ she should be proud of what she has achieved. Also if the school reports are formatted like the ones at my DDs secondary school the results will be on there for the whole of KS3!

Dd3 has always been below expected levels throughout primary. We have focused on effort and progress.She is now in year 6 and tracking just below expected. At various points I would have given my right arm for her to be within touching distance. At the start of year 4 She was at year 2 levels. We have spoken with her about sats and what they are.if she doesn't hit level 4 She will not have failed.

Ds3 didn't achieve the required grades in Maths and English Grammar. Just made it through in Reading. His brothers flew through a few years before.Secondary school used the results for initial (very rough) setting in English and Maths and everything else is taught in tutor groups or other mixed ability. English and Maths did resetting tests at Christmas and he moved up to middle sets from the bottom.It really doesn't matter much in the long term so shouldn't be treated as a drama.

Tell your DD this ...Your teacher only has a small amount of time each day for each lesson, and the one you find harder to do, may not be something she is good at teaching.When you move up to your new school, your class and teachers will be right how for you learn, which means you will improve much fast than you are now, so the grades you get right now are not a real indication of how much you know.

I am saying this because my child gained 2 grades in Maths in 3 months.

What a lot of parents don't realise is that poor attainment in maths at KS2 can result in being stuck in bottom sets for maths, which means only studying foundation maths, which means their future options are severly limited as they will not be able to do anything in science, computing or technology post-16.

This may seem like a long way off, but it really isn't. I would advise you to see if you can get a specialist tutor asap. Yes, the SATs are partly about assessing the school's performance, but if your child does poorly in May they are not likely to somehow magically 'get it' in September.

Think of it this way. Her school bow have an incentive to get her to pass as it's their results that it counts towards. Her secondary school will love her as if she is a late developer her progress 8 score will be brilliant for them. SATS should be banned, the pressure is unbelievable, but I don't know what could replace them.